writer and journalist

About

Josh is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul. He is Turkey/Caucasus editor at EurasiaNet and his articles also have appeared in Slate, The New York Times,, The Wilson Quarterly, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera America, Roads & Kingdoms, and Jane's Defence Weekly. He blogs on Eurasian defense and security at The Bug Pit. Follow him on Twitter at @joshuakucera, and on Instagram. See more here.

About

Josh is a freelance writer and journalist specializing in foreign affairs and international relations. He has reported from more than 30 countries, from Venezuela to Congo to China, and specializes in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

He worked as a staff reporter in the Washington bureau of Jane’s Defence Weekly from 2004-2006, covering the US Army and reporting on US military operations in Djibouti and Afghanistan, and still freelances for the magazine on the militaries of Central Asia and the Caucasus.

He spent six months covering the 2003 invasion of Iraq for Time, and two years in post-Milosevic Serbia writing for Time, the San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers. He started his journalism career with the Associated Press, working in bureaus in Pierre and Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Richmond, Virginia.

He grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, has a B.A. in Philosophy from Williams College and an M.A. in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia from Harvard University. He lives in Istanbul.